“What difference do you see between a pretty country girl and a pretty city girl?”
“Why, an enormous difference, monsieur. What about education, good manners, and refinement—do you count all those as nothing? Would you go out in Paris, or even in the country, with a milkmaid on your arm?”
“No, madame, I admit that I should not be enough of a philosopher for that. But just put on Denise——”
“Who is Denise, pray?”
“This little milkmaid, madame.”
“Oho! so monsieur knows her name?”
“Yes, madame.”
“Well, monsieur, what do you propose to put on Mademoiselle Denise?”
“A pretty hat, a stylish dress, a handsome shawl——”
“Ah! she would cut a strange figure in all those things!”